Dances With Fat

Health comes in all shapes and sizes - including mine. Join me as I debunk the misinformation about the unhealthiness of fat and the stereotypes about fat people. Stand up with me as I push back against a culture that has sidelined my body and disenfranchised me for inhabiting it. Let's work together to bring an end to discrimination - in whatever forms it rears its head. This work is syndicated here with permission and can be found at Dances With Fat.

Comedian Ari Shaffir launched a public fat-shaming attack on comedian Damienne Merlina in the form of a “comedy” routine. The video is in this blog, as a part of Damienne’s response. Ragen shares activism opportunities.

Ragen writes to honor and thank Leonard Nimoy for creating beautiful representations of fat women, and to honor the women in the photographs. She also has a few choice words for those who comment that the women in the photographs are not healthy.

When fat people do things that challenge people’s preconceived notions of what we are supposed to do, we are giving people an opportunity to examine their own prejudices and bigotry and make better choices moving forward.